...sins, " at midnight," he tells us, " the virgin mother, with the infant Jesus in her arms, effulgent'fn celestial majesty, presented herself before him, and...time, with incredible benignity, remained in his view ! " i This vision sickened him of all mere worldly thoughts, and set him free from mere worldly ambition...

...digesting his plans of expiation, at midnight and during a vigil, — so he told his friends, — the Virgin Mother, with the infant Jesus in her arms,...to achieve his pilgrimage to the Holy City ! But a favour so signal produeed more than a transient effect upon his dispositions ; for it sickened him...

...which had wellnigh proved fatal to life, a spurious conversion took place. It happened thus : " The Virgin Mother with the infant Jesus in her arms, effulgent...space of time, with incredible benignity, remained in view." By this clumsy piece of superstition, Loyola was rendered more decided *ISam. iii. 1; 1 Kingi...

...which had wellnigh proved fatal to life, a spurious conversion took place. It happened thus : " The Virgin Mother with the infant Jesus in her arms, effulgent...space of time, with incredible benignity, remained in view." By this clumsy piece of superstition, Loyola was rendered more decided • I Sam. III. I; I...